Arciellia

Arciellia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, endemic to Hawaii. It is part of the Eurynogaster complex of genera.[2] The genus is named in honor of Robert Cyril Layton Perkins, and incorporates the phonetic sounds of his initials "R.C.L.".[1]

Arciellia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Hydrophorinae
Genus: Arciellia
Evenhuis, 2005[1]
Type species
Eurynogaster dolichostoma
Hardy & Kohn, 1964

Species

  • Arciellia dolichostoma (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
  • Arciellia flaviventer (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
  • Arciellia xanthopleura (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
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References

  1. Evenhuis, Neal L. (2005). "A review of the genera comprising species of the genus Eurynogaster sensu Hardy & Kohn, 1964 in Hawai'i (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1017 (1): 39–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1017.1.5. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. Goodman, Kari Roesch; Evenhuis, Neal; Bartošová-Sojková, Pavla; O'Grady, Patrick Michael (2016). "Multiple, independent colonizations of the Hawaiian Archipelago by the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". PeerJ. 4: e2704. doi:10.7717/peerj.2704. PMC 5119231. PMID 27896033.


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